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its another early example of written "laws" or codes of behavior being displayed publicly for all who could read them (like Hammurabi's code)
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∙ 8y agoThe twelve tables were a lot like the 10 commandments!
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∙ 12y agoThe significance of the Twelve Tables was that it was the coded set of laws of the Romans and was their first set of laws.
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∙ 13y agoits another early example of written "laws" or codes of behavior being displayed publicly for all who could read them (like Hammurabi's code)
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How did the government of the Roman Republic become more democratic in its decision making?
The Romans government became more democratic by the revolt of the Plebeians. The Patricians' strangle hold on power was broken and the Plebeians gained rights. These rights were written, and referred to as the Laws of the Twelve Tables.
What does the law whatever the people had last ordained should be held as binding by law mean?
This comes from the Ancient Roman Twelve Tables of Law, one of the first attempts in Rome to establish a code of law that gave the common people (Plebeians) some rights. Previously, only the Patricians (upper class) had decision-making power and controlled the legal system. In this quote, at the end of the code, it basically says that whatever the majority of the common people have agreed upon up to this point, it shall be considered the law. The quote implies that at some point, things may change; but for now, whatever the law has been up to that time, it remains binding on everyone.
How did roman law safeguard the rights of individuals?
they pooded
What significant roman concept of law was written into the US constitution?
all people are equal in the eyes of the law
What type of law did most scholars who remained in Italy pursue?
roman
What was romes first written law code called?
law of the twelve tables.
Roman law code?
The Twelve Tables
What was the the name of the roman law code?
twelve tables
What was the Ancient Roman law code?
twelve tables
What is the first Roman codification of Law?
The Law of the Twelve Tables, also sometimes known as the Law of the Twelve Boards.
What was the name of the code of laws created by the Roman republic?
The Law of The Twelve Tables is the ancient legislation that was the foundation of Roman law. The Twelve Tables were the result of a class struggle between the Patricians and the Plebeians. The Twelve Tables allowed the Plebeians (or the ones that were Roman citizens) basic rights against each other.
What were Tweleve Tables?
The Law of the Twelve Tables (Lex Duodecim Tabularum, more informally simply Duodecim Tabulae) was the ancient legislation that stood at the foundation of Roman law. The Law of the Twelve Tables formed the centerpiece of the constitution of the Roman Republic and the core of the mos maiorum.
Rome's first code of laws was the?
The first written Roman code of laws was the Law of the Twelve Tablets, which was compiled in 451 BC and 450 BC. The laws were inscribed on twelve bronze tablets and put on display at the forum.
Roman civil law was written down on?
The earliest written Roman civil law was written on twelve tablets.
Which ancient civilization established the twelve tables?
The Law of the Twelve Tables was the basis for Roman Republic law.
What makes the roman law twelve tables classical?
anybody can write an answer on here
The earliest code of roman civil criminal and religious law?
Twelve Tables
